Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ARRIVAL AND INFORMATION
CULION ISLAND
By boat Culion can only be reached by bangka from
Coron Town; the M/V Santa Barbara (P200) leaves daily at
around noon from Coron Port (1hr 30min). It overnights
in Culion - returning at 9am - so you'll have to stay unless
you rent a private bangka from the boat association (see
box, p.393) for a return trip (2hr one-way; P2500-3500), or
join the tour (P1150/person) with Calamianes Expeditions
(see box, p.393).
Tourist information Inside the town hall (Mon-Fri
9am-5pm; T 0917 552 2277).
Services There are no banks or ATMs and credit cards are
rarely accepted, so bring enough cash for your stay.
ACCOMMODATION AND EATING
Hotel Maya Next to the church T 0939 254 2744.
Culion's best hotel is actually a teaching hotel operated by
the Jesuit-run Loyola College of Culion. Rooms are spacious
and comfortable and se rvice is friendly. Single rooms are
available (P550). P1100
Tabing Dagat Lodging House A 5min walk from the
port, opposite the local government o ces T 0921 653
1470. Comfy option offering doubles with shared bathrooms
or larger a/c en suites with balconies (P750). There's also a
decent Filipino restaurant. Credit cards accepted. P550
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Calauit
P350, additional 2hr motorized tour P1000 for a group of six • From Coron bangkas cost P9000 (up to eight people; 4hr one-way), or
more conveniently you can charter a van to Quezon and back (2hr 30min; P6500 for up to six people), where you can take a bangka
(10min; P500) to Calauit - however, if you are alone you can save money by joining an organized tour (P2600/person) with Calamianes
Expeditions (see box, p.393)
In 1977 President Marcos created a game reserve on Calauit , an island separated from
the north coast of Busuanga by a narrow mangrove channel. All the original giraffes,
zebras, elands, impalas and gazelles from Kenya have since died, but their offspring
have multiplied to number more than five hundred. Also doing well are more than one
thousand native Calamian deer . Other rare indigenous species here include the Palawan
peacock, mouse deer, bearcats, pythons and porcupines. The draw for most visitors is
the chance to feed the giraffes by hand, though this merely emphasizes how tame the
animals have become.
 
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